Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária (May 2021)

First record of Blankaartia sinnamaryi (Floch & Fauran, 1956) (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing the striped owl in Northeastern Brazil

  • Ricardo Bassini-Silva,
  • Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius,
  • Matheus Huang-Bastos,
  • Aksa Ingrid Vieira Batista,
  • Nathália Caroline Souza da Silva,
  • Thiago Ferreira Lopes Nery,
  • Josivania Soares Pereira,
  • Cal Welbourn,
  • Ron Ochoa,
  • Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612021042
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 3

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Abstract The chigger species Blankaartia sinnamaryi (Floch & Fauran) has been collected mainly from birds with a few records from reptiles and mammals. In Brazil, this species has been found on birds in the Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states. Here, we report the first record of B. sinnamaryi parasitizing the striped owl, Pseudoscops clamator (Vieillot), in the Paraíba state, Brazil (northeastern region).

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